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BOTTLE AND STOPPER.

Patented Jan. 26, 1886.

ATTORNEYS,

lUiviT-nn STATES ATENT trio's.

JOHN H. B. HOWELL, OF NEWTON, NEW JERSEY.

BOTTLE AND STOPPER.

SIEC'IFIUATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,865, dated January26, 1886.

Serial No. 119,444. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. B. HOWELL, of Newton, Sussex county, NewJersey, have invented a new and Improved Bottle and Stopper, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a bottle and stopper to be usedfor the purpose of containing poisons, which shall be so constructed andarranged that a certain amount and more than an ordinary amount ofmanipulation will be required before the stopper or cover can beremoved; and to this end the inventi on consists of a bottle formed witha number of parallel horizontal grooves connected by vertical grooves,and of a cover or stopper provided with a lug arranged to fit and ridewithin said grooves.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of the neck of a bot tle or containerconstructed in accordance with the terms of my invention, the cover ofthe bottle or container being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a centralvertical section of the bottle and its cover, taken on line 00 00 ofFig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on line 3/ y of Fig.1.

Referring now to the general construction illustrated in the drawings, Arepresents the bottle or container, and Bits cover. The bottle A isformed with a number of horizontal grooves, a a a, which are connectedby vertical grooves b b. A third sectional groove, b leads from theupper edge of the bottle to the groove a. The cover B is formed with aninwardly-projecting lug, c, which extends from a point near the loweredge of the said cover.

The operation is as follows: The cover is placed upon the bottle so thatits lug 0 will enter the groove 2) and pass into the end of the groovea. The cover is then turned to carry the lug 0 along through the groovea mistakes by dispensing drugs from the wrong flask, as his attentionwill be at once called to the character of the drug contained in thebottle when he attempts to remove the stopper or cover; but, to makeassurance doubly sure, I prefer to have the covers of allpoisoncontaining receptacles in some distinguishing color, so that thesense of sight, as well as that of touch, is appealed to the moment thereceptacle is taken in hand. The groove a is slightly depressed towardits end d, so that the cover will be, as it were, locked in place whenturned to bring its lug c to the said end (1.

Although not so shown, I prefer to form the cover with a series ofpoints about its upper edge.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a vessel formed withhorizontal grooves and with vertical grooves connecting the horizontalgrooves, of a cover formed with a lug adapted to work in said grooves,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a vessel formed with the vertical grooves b b band the horizontal grooves a a a, of a cover formed with a lug, c,substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a vessel formed with vertical grooves b b b andhorizontal grooves a acd, the groove a being slightly depressed at itsend 11, of a cover formed with a lug, c, substantially as set forth.

JOHN H. B. HOYVELL.

\Vitnesses:

EDWARD KENT, J r., G. SEDGWIOK.

